After a digital training held on 1-13 September, two additional pilot trainings were provided in Jordan and Tunisia. A high-level follow-up Forum on Innovation and Employability will be held on 18 November. Jordan, 27 and 29 September 2021 / Tunisia, 21-22 October 2021. Decision-makers of higher education institutions (HEIs) and research centres, policymakers, as well asRead more
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27 and 29 September 2021. Never has it been so clearer that our Mediterranean societies depend on technological, scientific, and social innovation to address current and future challenges and that the solutions will result from building bridges across disciplines, institutions, cultures, and countries. With the growing demand for innovation, academia is confronted with expectations and claimsRead more
1 and 13 September 2021 – When academia, industry and policy makers work together, universities can become powerful engines for knowledge, employment and innovation. The benefit of such partnerships has long been obvious for academia: external research funding, significant inputs to keep curricula updated, the possibility of generating solutions for pressing global challenges and legitimacy –Read more
The UfM Regional Platform in Research and Innovation has approved new research agendas for the Mediterranean, on Climate Change, Health, and Renewable Energy. The Platform launched a call for a new ministerial meeting and the creation of an impactful implementation plan for its agendas. The UfM was also a partner in a workshop launching theRead more
8 July 2021, 10:00am (CET). The European Commission in collaboration with the UfM is organizing a workshop aiming to bring together multiple stakeholders concerned with Research and Innovation (R&I) in the EUROMED region. The workshop will update participants on the EU Global approach to research and innovation. The event will give participants an overview of theRead more
3-4 June 2021, Patras.UfM Secretary General, Nasser Kamel held a bilateral meeting with the Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Miltiades Varvitsiotis, in view of reinforcing cooperation and synergies between the UfM Secretariat and the Hellenic Republic. The meeting took place in the margin of the 9th Regional Growth Conference.The Regional Growth Conference (RGC)Read more
UfM SG Kamel met with Prima Co-chairs Angelo Riccaboni and Mohamed El-Shinawi, and Prima Director Octavi Quintana to discuss the current state of and future opportunities for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean. The Union for the Mediterranean is developing three new agendas for the future of research and innovation in the Mediterranean, on health,Read more
